Education, Taxes and Budget MECEP Testifies Against Bills to Cut Taxes for the Wealthy at Expense of Maine's Schools Augusta, Maine (Monday, March 20, 2017) State legislators on the taxation committee will hold a public hearing today on several bills that would roll back the tax […] Posted March 20, 2017 Tags Budget, Education, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Education, Taxes and Budget Testimony in Opposition to LD 291, LD 337, LD 551, LD 829, and LD 851 “Now that Question 2 is law, Maine has a bona fide path to fully funding education in 2018 and the wealthiest 1% of Maine households still pay […] Mark Sullivan Posted March 20, 2017 Tags Education, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget To pay for tax cuts for the rich, LePage budget shifts tens of millions of dollars onto the backs of homeowners Governor LePage’s budget proposal offers tax breaks worth $23,000 annually to Maine’s 1%, while asking homeowners to pay an average of $300 more in already historically-high property […] James Myall Posted February 6, 2017 Tags Budget, Economy, Property Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget New Report: More Than Half of All Maine Homeowners Will See Property Tax Increases Under Governor's Budget Plan To view this press release as a PDF, click here. On the day lawmakers initiate public hearings on governor’s budget, MECEP releases new town-by-town data showing many […] Posted February 6, 2017 Tags Budget, Property Tax, Tax Fairness
Education Oppose the Governor’s Efforts to Repeal Voter Approved Funding for Education and to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich Paid for by Mainers with Income below $92,000 Here are three reasons why Maine lawmakers should reject Governor LePage’s FY18/19 budget proposal: 1. Ignoring the Will of Maine Voters The governor’s proposed state budget completely […] Sarah Austin Posted February 3, 2017 Tags Education, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Setting the record straight on the impacts of Governor LePage’s tax plan The Maine Sunday Telegram’s (MST) recently published, above the fold, front page story on the impacts of Governor LePage’s tax plan comes up short in its analysis of the […] Mark Sullivan Posted January 18, 2017 Tags Property Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Upside-down tax plan, missed opportunity, and unnecessary and harmful cuts in the governor’s budget proposal At a time when Maine families are falling out of the middle-class, when experienced workers need new skills to secure good paying jobs in a modern economy, […] Sarah Austin Posted January 13, 2017 Tags Budget, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Governor LePage's proposed tax plan increases taxes for lower 80 percent of families Graphic from Sarah Austin’s January 13, 2017 blog post, “Upside-down tax plan, missed opportunity, and unnecessary and harmful cuts in the governor’s budget proposal.” Mark Sullivan Posted January 13, 2017 Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Education, Health Care, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Mainers vote for MECEP-backed initiatives to raise the minimum wage, rollback tax breaks for the wealthy to fund education On November 8th, Maine voters approved two referendum questions the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) strongly supported and for which we provided critical research and analytical […] Mark Sullivan Posted November 15, 2016 Tags Economy, Education, Health Care, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Education, Taxes and Budget Question 2 will create a strong economy, thriving communities, and successful kids Maine’s future economic success depends on having a well-skilled workforce able to tackle the challenges of the twenty-first century – and the means of developing that workforce […] James Myall Posted November 1, 2016 Tags Education, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes